The 2021 documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street directed by Marilyn Agrelo is based on the book. A second edition was published later that year. Street Gang was made into an audio book, narrated by Caroll Spinney, the same day it was published. One reviewer predicted that the book would become the definitive source of Sesame Street. Television reporter and columnist Michael Davis-with the complete participation of Joan Ganz Cooney, one of the show's founders-unveils the idealistic personalities, decades of social and cultural change, stories of compassion and. Most reviewers were impressed by Davis' research and attention to detail, but some felt that it was too episodic and was more of an oral history than a dispassionate history of the show's history. Street Gang is the compelling, comical, and inspiring story of a media masterpiece and pop-culture landmark. Reviews of Street Gang were mostly positive. Subsequent chapters chronicle the rest of the show's history, up to its 40th anniversary in 2009. Davis includes the biographies of many of the key people involved with the creation and production of Sesame Street. Its first twelve chapters describe the origin, development, and early years of Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop, the organization created to oversee the production of the show and other projects. In advance of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, comes Street Gang, Michael Daviss compelling-and often comical-story of the creation and history of the media masterpiece and pop culture landmark, told with the cooperation of one of the shows cofounders, Joan Ganz Cooney. Street Gang begins with a description of Muppet creator Jim Henson's 1990 funeral, from the perspective of co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis 4.5 (42) Paperback 18.00 Paperback 18.00 eBook 6.99 Audiobook 0.

Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street

Street gang by michael davis